Highlight the characteristic features of the development of the Russian economy at the turn of the 19-20th centuries?

In the first years of the reign of Nicholas II, the features of economic development were as follows:

High growth rates, sometimes even the highest in the world.
Uneven development. Some regions of the empire were distinguished by a high standard of living (the Baltic States, Poland, Donbass, Odessa, Moscow, Petersburg), others were noticeably poorer (villages far from the railway).
High rates of railway construction.
Monopolization of a number of spheres – metal processing, production of wagons and steam locomotives.
Monopoly associations in the form of syndicates.
Dependence on foreign capital, the main investors were France, England, Germany, Belgium, Denmark.
Low% urbanization (15% of the urban population) and low literacy rates.



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